mansuetude

[ man-swi-tood, -tyood ]

/ ˈmæn swɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /

noun

mildness; gentleness: the mansuetude of Christian love.

Origin of mansuetude

1350–1400; Middle English <Latin mānsuētūdō tameness, mildness, equivalent to mānsuē-, base of mānsuēscere to become tame, mild (man(us) hand + suēscere to become accustomed) + -tūdō-tude

Words nearby mansuetude

Manson's disease, mansplain, manspread, man spricht Deutsch, manstealing, mansuetude, Mansur, Mansûra, Mansur, al-, manta, Manta Bay

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Example sentences from the Web for mansuetude

In any case, the mansuetude of the good emperor was in this respect shielded from all reproach.
English Conferences of Ernest Renan|Ernest Renan
He was positively sheeplike in his mansuetude, whereas I had intended to make him a stern avenger of virtue.
A Top-Floor Idyl|George van Schaick
It stands in the history of the present time as a high school for the civility and mansuetude of the people.
The Last Harvest|John Burroughs
The system has no room for it; even as it has no room for clemency, mansuetude; forbearance towards the weak.
From a Cornish Window|Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

British Dictionary definitions for mansuetude

mansuetude

/ (ˈmænswɪˌtjuːd) /

noun

archaic gentleness or mildness

Word Origin for mansuetude

C14: from Latin mansuētūdō, from mansuētus, past participle of mansuēscere to make tame by handling, from manus hand + suescēre to train

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	mansuetude
释义	mansuetude [ man-swi-tood, -tyood ] / ˈmæn swɪˌtud, -ˌtyud / noun mildness; gentleness: the mansuetude of Christian love. Origin of mansuetude 1350–1400; Middle English <Latin mānsuētūdō tameness, mildness, equivalent to mānsuē-, base of mānsuēscere to become tame, mild (man(us) hand + suēscere to become accustomed) + -tūdō-tude Words nearby mansuetude Manson's disease, mansplain, manspread, man spricht Deutsch, manstealing, mansuetude, Mansur, Mansûra, Mansur, al-, manta, Manta Bay Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mansuetude In any case, the mansuetude of the good emperor was in this respect shielded from all reproach. English Conferences of Ernest Renan\|Ernest Renan He was positively sheeplike in his mansuetude, whereas I had intended to make him a stern avenger of virtue. A Top-Floor Idyl\|George van Schaick It stands in the history of the present time as a high school for the civility and mansuetude of the people. The Last Harvest\|John Burroughs The system has no room for it; even as it has no room for clemency, mansuetude; forbearance towards the weak. From a Cornish Window\|Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch British Dictionary definitions for mansuetude mansuetude / (ˈmænswɪˌtjuːd) / noun archaic gentleness or mildness Word Origin for mansuetude C14: from Latin mansuētūdō, from mansuētus, past participle of mansuēscere to make tame by handling, from manus hand + suescēre to train Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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